diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8a91fd..523cb7c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-cache/*
\ No newline at end of file
+cache/*
+conf/config.php
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 137e2bc..336a13a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ This is a very simple PHP based image Gallery. It takes all images from or (or p
 
 # Running it
 
-A webserver with PHP support and the php-gd extension (for thumbnails) is required. An example config for nginx with php-fpm might look like this:
+Copy conf/config.sample.php to config.php and edit accordingly.
+
+A webserver with PHP support and the php-gd and php-exif extensions (for thumbnails) is required. An example config for nginx with php-fpm might look like this:
 
    worker_processes  4;
 
@@ -100,4 +102,4 @@ A webserver with PHP support and the php-gd extension (for thumbnails) is requir
           index index.php;
         }
       }
-    }
\ No newline at end of file
+    }
diff --git a/conf/config.php b/conf/config.sample.php
similarity index 85%
rename from conf/config.php
rename to conf/config.sample.php
index 6a03d01..4ad0d4b 100644
--- a/conf/config.php
+++ b/conf/config.sample.php
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 // Gallery Title
 $conf['gallery_name'] = '<i class="fa fa-home"></i>';
 // Full Filesystem Path to the Base Image Directory
-$conf['fs_imagedir']  = '/data0/Private/Pictures/Gallery';
+$conf['fs_imagedir']  = '/data/images';
 // Full Filesystem Path to the Thumbnails Storage Directory
-$conf['fs_thumbdir']  = '/var/cache/gallery/thumbs';
+$conf['fs_thumbdir']  = '/var/cache/gallery/';
 // Base URL for the Images Directory
 $conf['web_imagedir'] = '/images';
 // Base URL for the Thumbnails Directory
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ $conf['defslice'] = 34;
 // Default Subdirectory if none given
 $conf['defdir']   = '';
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>